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Finance

Asset Managers Blackstone, Apollo Eyeing SVB Assets: Bloomberg

Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week following a $42 billion bank run after it announced plans to sell $2.24 billion in new shares.

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Securitize CEO on Partnership With Investment Giant KKR

U.S. investment firm KKR & Co. (KKR) has made a portion of its private equity fund available on the Avalanche blockchain through a tokenized feeder fund provided by Securitize. Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo explains why a tokenized fund will increase accessibility to individual investors.

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Tokenization on Public Blockchains Democratizes Access: Securitize CEO

U.S. investment firm KKR & Co. (KKR) has made a portion of its private equity fund available on the Avalanche blockchain through Securitize. “The idea is to leverage tokenization and public blockchain to democratize access to this asset class,” Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo says about the partnership.

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Finance

Private-Equity Giant KKR Makes First Blockchain Investment in ParaFi Fund

The investment firm has also created a working group to focus on best use cases for blockchain technology.

Henry Kravis, co-chairman, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of KKR & Co., listens during a panel discussion at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. The New Economy Forum, organized by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, aims to bring together leaders from public and private sectors to find solutions to the world's greatest challenges. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Markets

Fund Seeks $200 Million to Help Startups Survive a Crypto Winter

David Johnston’s new Yeoman’s Growth Capital will invest exclusively in live blockchain projects.

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